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  1. Posted

    I decided to start with whatever I could find on Amazon Prime (there looks to be over 10 I can stream there; there's also 11 Cage films on Netflix).

    So today I watched The Frozen Ground 

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    The story isn't bad, I guess it's all true - about a cop trying to capture a serial killer (with a lot of focus on him trying to locate, help, and convince the victim who survived).

    Cage is pretty restrained in it. Pretty middle-of-the-road Cage film, had some things worthwhile (showing off Alaska), and some annoying aspects (the wobbly "real" camera work).

  2. Posted

    7 hours ago, GrahamS. said:

    There’s actually a very handy app called Reelgood that lets you know if the film you want is streaming anywhere.

    Also justwatch.com and actually Letterboxd has a feature I just noticed last week that you can tailor to which apps you have.

    But yea I've got quite a few streaming apps at this point that have movies on them, so unless we set up an order, I'll just do what I can find. As we do, I say post your thoughts about them here.

    I have been also turning to TV lately with my extra watching time, but I still have plenty of time for movies haha. Just started Westworld and Umbrella Academy.

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  6. Posted

    I did this watch before Unspooled started a few years ago, and watching it again sort of surrounded by all the "great" films made me like it more. I could see the cinematic language and what Murnau was developing and pioneering.  

    I am curious - I did consider some of the scenes in the city to be almost filling space. Like why was the dress strap guy there? Even the drunk pig: is there a symbolism there I missed? But I feel like Murnau knew what he was doing and maybe had a reason for these things. Any theories?

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    Amy & Paul rise up for 1927's expressionist F.W. Murnau masterwork Sunrise! They learn how Janet Gaynor won the Best Actress Oscar for three films at once, praise the film's groundbreaking soundtrack, and ask how such a simple story can resonate so strongly. Plus: Animal trainer Laura Bourhenne talks about the challenges of training pigs. For 12 Angry Men week, help defend a criminal character you think deserved a fairer trial! Call the Unspooled voicemail line at 747-666-5824 with your answer.

  8. Posted

    Dude, you came here solely to troll us. Fine, you don't like June's politics, nor the podcast anymore. Thanks?

    Instead of examining your anti-politics stance, which fine, but maybe examine why you felt it necessary to come on to a podcast's fan board and announce you hate it and you're not listening anymore, when you've never said one word to anyone here before.

    That's trolling. I'm not sure how that's not against the rules in here, tbh.

  9. Posted

    3 hours ago, ol' eddy wrecks said:

    So... Looking ahead to next week, who here has seen Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans?

    I have, once, a few years ago.  I think Amy's, "it's crazy, you're going to love it!" to Paul feels a bit misleading to those who haven't. I have wondered how the main plot point is going to be received here. 

    Yea I've seen it too, I watched right before I knew Unspooled existed and I was starting to go through old classics on my own.

    I look forward to rewatching it 

  13. Posted

    48 minutes ago, DannytheWall said:

    Because, YES, the biggest problem is that the most interesting part happens 45 minutes into the show -- which is the body swap! Solution? Move that scene to the beginning of the play.

    That's interesting to know that moving the parts around works reasonably well.

    I noted on my letterboxd review  about the structure, which was I think the major problem of the movie. (sorry for friends on here who already saw this)

    A normal romantic body swap film would follow the lines of:

    1. relationship
    2. problems develop / confusion
    3. body swap
    4. realization of love for each other

    This movie, though, goes like this:

    1. relationship
    2. body swap
    3. problems develop / confusion
    4. realization of love for each other

    Which, I think, really makes it a total mess. The body swap should fix or clarify or lead to something, but here in the movie, it just leads to problems. And since the relationship is fairly fine up to that point, it's just weird and stupid and you hate it. If you're going to introduce a bit of magic into your realism, it should be fun or something, here it becomes a total drag.

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    I'll add that most of the women in his life are still seriously loyal to him, and he often had female bands and engineers (music engineers are especially mainly men, esp. back then). I think womanizing and misogyny are quite different things which people blur. 

    What I think it boils down to, as it always did with him, was control. That's his ENTIRE ethos. He played and wrote everything. He rebelled against music labels. That's why his bands didn't last. This probably showed up in the movie as him negging Apollonia and stuff like that, it's dated and immature, but that's him showing control. I don't think in any way is this misogyny though. 

    The homophobia mainly crept in when he became a Jehovah's Witness in the late '90s. It's a crazy turn, since before that he was always so into sexual openness and challenging roles and androgyny and whatnot (I do wish Purple Rain tapped into that more). See, the "Kiss" video.

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  17. Posted

    Slight change, doing a live ep this week instead of MASH. Assuming MASH will be the following week and the order is still the same

     

    2/27 - Repo Man  (live episode)
    3/5 - M*A*S*H
    3/12 - Sunrise
    3/19 - 12 Angry Men
    3/25 - Sullivan's Travel

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    9 minutes ago, Cinco DeNio said:

    I was just reading on Wikipedia that Graffiti Bridge was supposed to be a sequel to Purple Rain.  However the synopsis doesn't sound like it's much about his character development  (I guess I've got another movie to watch this week.)

    Ooh ya, I forgot that was a sequel. I haven't seen it either. I'll try to watch it sometime too. 

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  20. Posted

    I took Prince's behavior in this movie as less 'asshole' and more 'petulant child' (I know... not big difference, I guess)

    But since his character is named The Kid and still lives at home, I think that immaturity was intentional.

    (It is an odd choice, though, for sure, to have the biggest rock star at the time do this. It does date the film a bit and as you guys touch on, it is a little problematic at times. Would have been nice to see him grow out of it by the end of the movie too.)

     

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